Michael Pineda ejected for having pine tar on neck (Video)

Michael Pineda was ejected in the second inning of Wednesday night's game against the Boston Red Sox for having pine tar on his neck. Red Sox manager John Farrell complained to umpires, who then checked Pineda for foreign substances and found the pine tar on his neck, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post. As you can see below, home plate umpire Gerry Davis touches Pineda's neck and immediately tosses him:Pine tar was discovered on Pineda's neck in the bottom of the second inning, a frame after he gave up two earned runs to give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead. With two outs and a 1-2 count on Grady Sizemore, Farrell came out of the dugout to alert the umpiring crew of a dark-brown substance on the right side of Pineda's neck. As Bob Nightengale of USA Today noted, the crew first examined the ball Pineda was using and then his neck before home-plate umpire Gerry Davis sent him to the showers.Though pine tar is technically an illegal substance for pitchers, few in baseball really care, as long as a pitcher doesn't make it obvious. Pineda did not try to hide it at all, and Farrell took the opportunity to make Joe Girardi go to his bullpen early.